Ménil-Hubert-en-Exmes explained

Ménil-Hubert-en-Exmes
Commune Status:Commune
Arrondissement:Mortagne-au-Perche
Canton:Vimoutiers
Insee:61268
Postal Code:61230
Mayor:Émile Lampérière[1]
Term:2020 - 2026
Intercommunality:Vallées d'Auge et du Merlerault
Coordinates:48.8142°N 0.2261°W
Elevation M:300
Elevation Min M:169
Elevation Max M:296
Area Km2:10.34

Ménil-Hubert-en-Exmes (in French pronounced as /menil ybɛʁ ɑ̃.n‿ɛm/) is a commune in the Orne department in northwestern France.

Geography

The commune is made up of the following collection of villages and hamlets, La Bergerie, La Farinière and Ménil-Hubert-en-Exmes.[2]

The Commune is one of 30 communes that make up the Natura 2000 protected area of Bocages et vergers du sud Pays d'Auge.[3] The site is 21,541 hectares in size and consists of a well-preserved wooded landscape that hosts three protected beetles, the European stag beetle, the great capricorn beetle and the Hermit Beetle.[4]

The commune has one river, the Vie and a single stream, the Douy running through its borders.

Notable buildings and places

National heritage sites

Chateau Menil-Hubert-en-Exmes an 18th century chateau that was classified as a Monument historique in 2010.[5] The artist Edgar Degas was invited to stay at the Chateau in 1859 and had a workshop built for him to work in.[6]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Répertoire national des élus: les maires. data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 2 December 2020. fr.
  2. Web site: Ménil-Hubert-en-Exmes · France. Ménil-Hubert-en-Exmes · France.
  3. Web site: INPN - FSD Natura 2000 - FR2502014 - Bocages et vergers du sud Pays d'Auge - Description.
  4. Web site: Natura 2000. Chambres d'agriculture de. Normandie. 11 June 2024. normandie.chambres-agriculture.fr.
  5. Web site: Domaine du château à Ménil-Hubert-en-Exmes - PA61000059. monumentum.fr.
  6. Web site: Le château en vente pour 7 millions d'euros. 23 February 2013. Ouest-France.fr.